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Monthly Archives: April 2005
Weighty Study Shakes Up Body Image
John Tierney, in today’s New York Times, writes a delightful column on the truly paridigm-shifting study showing that the moderately overweight live longer than those of "normal" weight, who in turn live longer than the excessively thin. Should this be … Continue reading
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Sat. Morning Musings As Rain Trumps Tennis
The Dowbrigade loves a day packed with interesting activities, things to do and people to meet. Yet what we most enjoy is a day with absolutely nothing planned, no place to go, and no promises to keep. These precious blank … Continue reading
Pass the Matzoh
Ten o’clock at night, and the Dowbrigade is finally sitting down at his computer, following an exhausting 12 hour day chauffeuring around our younger son, first to a job interview in Quincy and then helping him move into a new … Continue reading
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Pass the Matzoh
Ten o’clock at night, and the Dowbrigade is finally sitting down at his computer, following an exhausting 12 hour day chauffeuring around our younger son, first to a job interview in Quincy and then helping him move into a new … Continue reading
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Voodoo Rules in 80% of Mass Nursing Homes
It’s not a typical union-management battle: One of the nation’s largest nursing home companies is charging that some Haitian workers at its Wakefield facility voted to form a union because they believed if they did not, a co-worker would use … Continue reading
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Laotian Elephants Trash Korean Bacon Shop
by Sohn Hae-yong, Kim Ho-jeong, JoongAng Daily, April 21, 2005 Six elephants from a Laotian circus escaped from Seoul Children’s Grand Park yesterday, most remaining at large for well over an hour, causing traffic jams and breaking into restaurants and … Continue reading
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Exposed: Last Pope Was Jewish
No wonder the man was always wearing a yarmulke! Now that he can’t defend himself, we guess he’s fair game. Frank Weltner Ace Reporter, Director, Librarian, and Publicist of "The Scholarly Web Site", Jew Watch, has once again stunned the … Continue reading
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Ecuador Gets Rid of Another President
The destitution of a duly elected President is just another holiday in the wild, wacky world of Ecuadorian politics. From the Nwe York Times: BOGOTA, Colombia, April 20 – President Lucio Guti?rrez of Ecuador fled his presidential palace on Wednesday … Continue reading
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Chim-Chimera, Chim-Chimera, Chim Chim Cheree
Now, this story is the real deal…. Scientists can create animals with the cells of other species, but are these chimeras medical marvels or high-tech monsters? By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff April 19, 2005 In labs around the world, … Continue reading
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Cross-species Genetic Implants
Scientists in Singapore today announced the first successful genetic combination of a human and an animal. The creature, called a "Worbat", is a cross between Ernest P. Worrell and a Pygmy Wombat. No, seriously folks, here is the real caption … Continue reading
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Out of the Shadows and Onto the Throne of St. Peter
Conspiracy theorists are sure to have a field day with the 13 minutes of silence between the emission of gray smoke from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel and the confirmatory pealing of the bells, but they are ringing now, … Continue reading
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The Problem with Democracy
Everything You Need to Know About Ecuadorian Politics According to the Dowbrigade No, that is not Saddam surfacing unscathed in South America – it is part of a massive street protest in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Once again, our adopted Latin American … Continue reading
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